The BFC and the main group representing creative businesses in the UK have both joined the calls for a second Brexit referendum as the debacle around the UK's exit from the EU sees the country on a business cliff edge.

A new Instagram project is aiming to change the public perception of the homely skills of elderly Russian women by promoting "granny chic" and help the women sell their knitted mittens, socks and other items online.

Fashion designers, being ultimately artists, rarely have straight-line careers - one reason for the huge applause that greeted the culmination of the debut show of Aldo Maria Camillo in Florence on Thursday evening.